Ama Samy

Ama Samy
Religion Zen Buddhism, Christianity
School Bodhi Sangha
Lineage Harada-Yasutani
Personal
Born 1936
Senior posting
Title Zen master
Jesuit
Religious career
Teacher Yamada Koun
Website bodhisangha.net

AMA Samy (Arul Maria Arokiasamy), S.J., born in 1936, is an Indian Zen master and Jesuit priest.[1]

Biography

Ama Samy was born to Christian parents in Burma in 1936 and grew up in India. After becoming a Jesuit priest in 1972, he began visiting Hindu ashrams and Buddhist meditation centers. He was introduced to Ramana Maharshi's teachings by Swami Abhishiktananda. His searching led him to become a wandering beggar for a period and to settle down as a hermit.[2][3] With the help of Father Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, he visited Japan and trained with Yamada Koun Roshi of Sanbo Kyodan. In 1982, Yamada Roshi authorized him to teach Zen.[4][5][3] He received the Japanese Dharma name Gen'un-ken (Gen: dark, obscure, mystery; Un: cloud).[6]

Ama Samy founded the Bodhi Sangha, the community of his disciples, in 1986. Bodhi Sangha became an independent Zen school when he left the Sanbo Kyodan organization in 2002.[7][3][8] Ama Samy's method of teaching embraces both Soto and Rinzai Zen traditions and draws from the resources of Christianity and other religions.[2] He lives and teaches at Bodhi Zendo Zen Center near Kodaikanal in South India (opened in 1996).[9] Since Father Lassalle first invited Ama Samy to join him on a tour to Europe in 1985, Ama Samy has spent several months each year leading retreats in Europe, Australia, and the US.[2][3] With the help of his students, he also runs Little Flower, a non-profit organization supporting women, children and landless people in South India.[10]

Dharma Successors

Ama Samy has appointed the following teachers:

Books

In English:

In German:

In Dutch:

In French:

In Spanish:

In Swedish:

See also

Hakuun Yasutani Lineage Chart

References

  1. http://sweepingzen.com/ama-samy-sj-bio/
  2. 1 2 3 Samy, Ama (2005). Zen: Awakening to Your Original Face. pp. 26–33. ISBN 978-8185602868.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Baatz, Ursula (2009). Erleuchtung trifft Auferstehung, Zen-Buddhismus und Christentum, eine Orientierung. pp. 185–195. ISBN 978-3783195286.
  4. Sharf, Robert H. (1995). Sanbokyodan, Zen and the Way of the New Religions. Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 22, 3-4, pp. 417-458.
  5. Kyosho no. 231 (1991), Newsletter of the Religious Foundation Sanbokyodan, edited by Sanbokoryukai.
  6. Habito, Ruben L. F. (1990). In Memoriam: Yamada Koun Roshi (1907-1989). Buddhist-Christian Studies, Vol. 10, 1990 (1990), pp. 231-237.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ciolek, T. Matthew. 1995-present. Sanbo Kyodan: Harada-Yasutani School of Zen Buddhism and its Teachers. Canberra: www.ciolek.com - Asia Pacific Research Online. http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVLPages/ZenPages/HaradaYasutani.html
  8. http://bodhisangha.net/index.php/en/bodhisangha-engl
  9. http://bodhisangha.net/index.php/en/home
  10. http://www.little-flower-india.net/english/index.htm
  11. http://www.bodhisangha.net/index.php/en/zen-master/johannes-fischer-english
  12. http://www.zen-fischer.de/johannes-fischer/
  13. http://www.bodhisangha.net/index.php/en/zen-master/carl-hooper-engl
  14. http://bodhimountzendo.blogspot.com/p/teachers-carl-hooper-sensei-is-founder.html
  15. http://www.zen-guide.de/zen/zentren/id/286&titel=Schule+des+Herzgrundes

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